Funny online dating acronyms

Have you been dating someone for a while, and realised they haven’t introduced you to anyone important in their lives?

We get it, meeting parents is a pretty big deal, but they haven’t even introduced you to their friends at a casj setting like drinks.

Soz, girl, but it sounds like you’re being “stashed.” First coined by Ellen Scott of , “stashing” occurs when the person you’re dating doesn’t really acknowledge your relationship in a public way.

This could be by failing to introduce you to people, or by never posting anything about you on social media (rude! Dating expert Jo Hemmings explained to the that if you're being "stashed" then you're basically being played.

"They could be someone who doesn’t think of you as a long-term prospect, or they don't think you’re special enough to have brought you into their circle of friends.”Cushioning is like an extension of benching (see more below), but it's kinda worse.

It's when you're in a relationship but have a few "cushions" around — people you're flirting with — so if your relationship goes south, you have some "cushions" ready to soften your fall, aka your breakup.

Just a suggestion: if you have people cushions there's probably something wrong with your relationship in the first place.

Breadcrumbing is the hot new dating term of 2017 that unfortunately does not involve bread but refers to 'when a guy or girl gives someone just enough attention to keep their hope of a relationship alive' (thanks Urban Dictionary).

And yes, it's inspired by Less dramatic than ghosting, but still annoying af.Basically, a slow fade is when you are chatting with someone, who at first seemed interested, but over time the convo slowly dies and they make less of an effort to keep in touch.This is when someone you have been chatting with keeps finding ways to avoid actually seeing you in person, but continues to contact you over social media.In other words, they are keeping you on their "bench" while they play out their other options.(Heads up, delete this bloke and never look back.)This is when someone who previously ghosted you comes back from the ~abyss~ and does something completely random, like following you on Instagram or 'liking' a picture from two years ago, just to remind you that they exist.If you slide into someone's DMs, it means you're ready to take your social media flirting somewhere a little more private: their direct messages, instead of on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram where everyone can see.